Whatever happened to "Fat Jack" Robinson?

Car looks great.Thanks for posting.Snowman

 

Yes, those two cars warped a lot of us as kids! Glad to see it in good hands.

 

Great to see that car again. I remember it idling around the St Paul Fairgrounds. Do you know who had the car in Minnesota?

 

Depending on what year it was, it could have been Moreland/Vogele in the mid to late 80's, then Dave Geiger in the 90's, since both of them took the car to that run separately (I believe). The gentleman I bought the car from had it there in the mid 2000's at some point. He owns Don Bessette Motors in Minot North Dakota. He owed the car from 2005 until March of this year. The car went through a couple other hands during the 90's, including the United States Federal Government. It was seized with a bunch of other cars, but that's a story for another time. All I care about is that it's been found and in as good of condition as I could have hoped!

 

How can I get a copy of that flyer?!?!?

 

looks exactly the way I remember it. Great to see it again.

 

Any updates? New pictures?

I was bidding on a '46 Jesse James had on Ebay last week and lost. My goal is to find a good donor car to start with and build a clone to Jack's "Porky 6". The look is still on!

 

Kelly,

That's a bummer you lost the bid! Unfortunately, no new news on Project 40. When we got the car it had a dual quad setup on top of the blower with a wannabe injector hat/air cleaner. The hole in the hood is oversized due to that setup. We ripped that off and replaced it with an Enderle injector and bug catcher hat, as it was originally. We are in the process of modifying the hood to fit the Enderle correctly, which is taking a bit longer than we anticipated. I'll send some update pics soon!

 

I have a nice solid Early 47 coupe I would sell you for a clone.

 

Properly done a pro street Hot Rod still makes me weak in the knee's.

 

I remember both car very well,
It was Bad Ass !!!!
I think NHRA made a big deal about the cage being bolted in ! ?
In Northern Virginia in 85 or 87 , I can not remember his name ,but know it when I hear it , it was a red 67 camaro with a Prostock motor and 5 speed lenco ,On street & in all the Mags , @ the same time of the Fat Attack

 

Its great that the car is in the hands of someone that it taking care of it and preserving it as you are. I can't wait to see more pictures!

I was pretty bummed about losing the auction, the search continues!

 

If you have any pictures, would you email them to me at [email protected]?

 

Kelly, make sure you keep us posted on your progress on finding a starter!

 

I absolutely will! I'll probably will do a build thread.

 

Fat Jack has a 51 Ford Pickup featured in the January 2017 Hot Rod magazine, just got my copy today.

 

Wow I read this thread and thought, humm... I remember this guy and ya I was at Fremont in 85 for the Nostalgia's too. Did'nt they run a 2 outta 3 deal? All I can remember was thinking at the time was how strange it was to see such a large fat fendered car run so so damm quick!

 

Saw Fat Jack in June 2015 at the Early Times 50th.He's still kick'in

 

Moreland gave me a bunch of pictures and videos he found recently, which I will share once I get them digitized. Here are a couple that are appropriate for this thread! This was from a magazine shoot that featured Project 40 and Fat Jacks 46' on the cover.

 

Here's Moreland with Project 40 at our shop on Saturday. He hadn't seen the car in almost 30 years... The stories he told of those days would make a great book or movie.

 

Tom Vogele took the car to St. Paul in 85'. Here's the event plaque that was just found with a bunch of pictures and keep sakes from those days!

 

That's a cool picture. I see Fat Jack has a pickup featured in the latest Hot Rod Mag, he's still at it.
The 40 looks like it's holding up very very well......You need to make a few passes with that thing!

 

Here's a couple more with the 40 & 46:

 

Yeah jacks new truck is real cool.

 

Jack knows how to make them sit!!! Great looking truck.

 

You.ve got that right!

 

Anyone have any pictures of Fat Attach 2?

 

Kelly,
Any update to report???

 

I've not found a "starter" car yet.

 

Zz

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